Trump ‘Shakedown’ Deals Prompt More Questions for Law Firms (1)

April 22, 2025, 3:14 PM UTCUpdated: April 22, 2025, 4:54 PM UTC

Democrats are demanding more information from major law firms on deals reached with President Donald Trump to provide free legal services.

Four firms gave “inadequate” responses to earlier inquiries from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the pair said Tuesday.

“These responses only deepen our concern about what conditions are in place to coerce these firms into providing free legal services to the President’s pet causes—and what other provisions of their agreement these firms may be hiding,” Blumenthal and Raskin said in a joint statement to Bloomberg Law.

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